An 18-year-old South Auckland man has gone on trial accused of murdering a security guard after being told to leave an entertainment complex in Manukau.
Trent Rhys Manukau, is accused of the murder of Mamoe Kaisala, a 51-year-old father of four, who died from a single stab wound inflicted outside the Ultrazone Entertainment Centre on November 2, 2002.
Manukau is also accused of the attempted murder of Fala Faapo, aged 23, by stabbing him twice. Alternatively, he is charged with causing him grievous bodily harm with intent.
Manukau told police he went to help his brother, Karl Manukau, 23, who he said was under attack from a number of people.
Manukau's lawyer, Stuart Grieve, QC, told the High Court at Auckland that Manukau was acting to defend his brother. However Crown prosecutor Richard Marchant said that it was only after the stabbings that Karl Manukau was set upon by friends and relatives of 23-year-old Mr Faapo.
Manukau was a member of the Crypts gang while some of the people who severely beat and stabbed Karl Manukau with a screwdriver were rival Bloods.
Mr Marchant said Manukau "involved himself in a fight that he wanted from very early on that evening and in the course of which he stabbed these two men".
After the stabbings Manukau was chased into the nearby Village Eight Cinema.
The trial, before Justice John Priestley, continues today.
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